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Trading sessions from first equity print to first listed option print

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-09, from When Do Options Start Trading After an IPO?.

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Trading sessions from first equity print to first listed option print — 12 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
symbolequity_debutoption_debutoption_listing_gap
SKHYJuly 13, 2026July 14, 20261
BLSHAugust 13, 2025August 15, 20252
CBRSMay 14, 2026May 18, 20262
CRCLJune 5, 2025June 9, 20252
CRWVMarch 28, 2025April 1, 20252
FIGJuly 31, 2025August 4, 20252
FLYAugust 7, 2025August 11, 20252
KLARSeptember 10, 2025September 12, 20252
MDLNDecember 17, 2025December 19, 20252
QNTJune 4, 2026June 8, 20262
RDDTMarch 21, 2024March 25, 20242
INIOJune 4, 2026June 26, 202615
Rows × columns
12 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Trading sessions from first equity print to first listed option print, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
symbol text 12 distinct values (BLSH, CBRS, CRCL…)
equity_debut text 11 distinct values
option_debut text 12 distinct values
option_listing_gap number 1 to 15

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
listings AS (
    SELECT
        ticker,
        min(listing_date) AS listed_on
    FROM global_markets.stocks_ipos
    WHERE listing_date >= '2024-01-01'
      AND listing_date < today()
      AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
    GROUP BY ticker
),
debut AS (
    SELECT
        a.ticker                                                 AS symbol,
        min(a.date)                                              AS debut_date,
        argMin(toFloat64(a.close) * toFloat64(a.volume), a.date) AS debut_turnover
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs AS a
    INNER JOIN listings AS l ON l.ticker = a.ticker
    WHERE a.date >= '2024-01-01'
      AND a.date >= l.listed_on
    GROUP BY a.ticker
),
first_option AS (
    SELECT
        g.underlying_symbol AS symbol,
        min(g.date)         AS option_date
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks AS g
    INNER JOIN debut AS d ON d.symbol = g.underlying_symbol
    WHERE g.date >= '2024-01-01'
      AND g.volume > 0
      AND g.date >= d.debut_date
    GROUP BY g.underlying_symbol
),
paired AS (
    SELECT
        d.symbol         AS symbol,
        d.debut_date     AS debut_date,
        f.option_date    AS option_date,
        d.debut_turnover AS debut_turnover
    FROM debut AS d
    INNER JOIN first_option AS f ON f.symbol = d.symbol
    ORDER BY debut_turnover DESC
    LIMIT 12
),
sessions AS (
    SELECT DISTINCT date AS d
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND date >= '2024-01-01'
)
SELECT
    p.symbol AS symbol,
    concat(monthName(p.debut_date), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(p.debut_date)), ', ', toString(toYear(p.debut_date)))    AS equity_debut,
    concat(monthName(p.option_date), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(p.option_date)), ', ', toString(toYear(p.option_date))) AS option_debut,
    countIf(s.d > p.debut_date AND s.d <= p.option_date) AS option_listing_gap
FROM paired AS p
CROSS JOIN sessions AS s
GROUP BY symbol, equity_debut, option_debut
ORDER BY option_listing_gap, symbol

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